QBs vs Los Angeles Chargers
As of Week 2 · through 1 game · PPR
| Wk | Team | Player | Cmp | Att | PaYd | PaTD | INT | Car | RuYd | RuTD | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  ARI | Jacoby Brissett | 27 | 37 | 277 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 16.5 |
| Average | 27.0 | 37.0 | 277.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 14.0 | 0.0 | 16.5 | ||
| Median | 27.0 | 37.0 | 277.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 14.0 | 0.0 | 16.5 | ||
| High | 27 | 37 | 277 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 16.5 | ||
| Low | 27 | 37 | 277 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 16.5 | ||
Averages are raw, outliers are never removed.
Prediction for Kirk Cousins
Nobody knows which slot Kirk Cousins will land in this week, so pick the one you expect. The projection changes because each slot faces a different average from the Chargers.
I predict about 11.4 points for Kirk Cousins if playing as a QB1. Kirk Cousins has averaged 13.8 over 1 game, and the Chargers have given up 16.5 to QB1s (-5% vs the league average of 17.4).
How this projection is built
1. The player. Kirk Cousins scored: Wk 1 13.8. Average 13.8; weighted toward recent games it is 11.5.
2. The defense. Over 1 game, the Chargers allowed 16.5 points to their opponent's QB1. The league average for that slot is 17.4, so that is -5%.
3. Trusting small samples less. With 1 defensive game, only 25% of the gap is applied, capped at +/-30%. That gives a -1% adjustment (x0.99).
4. Result. 11.5 x 0.99 = 11.4. Switching slots only changes step 2 and 3: the player's own numbers stay the same, but each slot faces a different defensive average.
It is a statistical model, not knowledge of injuries, game script or weather.
Chance to score
Type a point total to see how likely Kirk Cousins is to reach it as a QB1.
Why this percentage?
The projection (11.4) is the middle of the range. Fantasy scores swing a lot from game to game, so the model spreads possible scores around it by about 6.8 points, leaning on Kirk Cousins's own game-to-game swings once there are several games (and on typical QB swings before that).
Scores are modelled as right-skewed, since a big game is possible but a very negative one is not. The percentage is the share of that spread at or above 11.
With only 1 game of history, treat this as a rough gauge. It gets sharper as the season goes on. It is never lower than 1% or higher than 99%.
Insights
- QB1s have averaged 277.0 passing yards, 1.0 passing TDs and 14.0 rushing yards against the Chargers across 1 game.
- The Chargers allow 16.5 PPR points to QB1s, -5% versus the league average of 17.4 (ranked 15 of 32, where 1 is most generous). That is a near-average matchup.
- QB1s scored a touchdown in 1 of 1 games (100%).
- Small sample: only 1 game so far. Treat these numbers as directional, not settled.
Insights are generated by rules from the table above and recalculate every week.
What do these columns mean?
- Wk
- Week of the season
- Tgt
- Targets (passes thrown to the player)
- Rec
- Receptions
- ReYd
- Receiving yards
- ReTD
- Receiving touchdowns
- Car
- Carries (rushing attempts)
- RuYd
- Rushing yards
- RuTD
- Rushing touchdowns
- Cmp / Att
- Completions and pass attempts
- PaYd / PaTD
- Passing yards and touchdowns
- INT
- Interceptions thrown
- FGM / FGA
- Field goals made and attempted
- FPts
- Fantasy points in your scoring format
- Sck / TO
- Defense: sacks and takeaways
- PA
- Points allowed by a defense
- G
- Games in the sample
- vs Lg
- Percent above or below the league average
- Kirk Cousins averages 17.0 PPR points over 2 games (recent-weighted 17.4) and has played as the team's QB1.
- The Chargers have allowed 18.4 points to QB1s over 2 games (+9% vs league). The model applies 40% of that gap because the sample is small, giving a +3% adjustment.
- Last season's average (10.4) is blended in at 50% weight because this season's sample is small.
- Projection: 14.3 points.
- For reference, a typical weekly starter-level QB scores about 18.1 and a top-tier one about 24.5.
- A statistical model from box scores, Vegas lines, weather and injury tags. It cannot see role changes or in-game events.
Kirk Cousins's stats vs the Chargers
Season so far, compared with what the group you pick below has done against the Chargers, plus a projection for this game.
What is this table?
Rows at the top are every game Kirk Cousins has played this season, using the same stat columns as the table above.
Compare against picks which group of Chargers opponents to line them up with: the best QB they faced in each game (1), the second best (2), the third best (3), or all of the top three. Nobody knows which slot Kirk Cousins will land in this week, so this is your call, not a guess.
Chargers avg is the average line of that group. Difference is that minus Kirk Cousins's own average: green means the defense gives that slot more than Kirk Cousins usually produces.
Projected is Kirk Cousins's recent-weighted average scaled by how generous the Chargers were to the slot you picked. Change the slot and the projected points change, because each slot has a different matchup adjustment. Picking Top 3 uses the usual-role projection.
| Wk | Opp | Cmp | Att | PaYd | PaTD | INT | Car | RuYd | RuTD | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MIA | 21 | 30 | 160 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 0 | 13.8 |
| 2 | LAC | 19 | 29 | 253 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20.2 |
| Cousins avg | 20.0 | 29.5 | 206.5 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 4.5 | -2.5 | 0.0 | 17.0 | |
| Chargers QB1 avg | 27.0 | 37.0 | 277.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 14.0 | 0.0 | 16.5 | |
| Difference | +7.0 | +7.5 | +70.5 | -2.0 | -1.5 | +1.5 | +16.5 | +0.0 | -0.5 | |
| Projected as QB1 | 19.7 | 29.1 | 203.8 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 4.4 | -2.5 | 0.0 | 11.4 | |
Difference is what the defense allows minus what Cousins averages (green = defense gives up more). Projected stats scale the player's averages by the matchup adjustment, so they are a rough guide.